Fired NBA announcer loses free speech fight over tweet during 2020 BLM riots

Grant Napear spent 31 years calling Sacramento Kings games. Then one tweet blew up his career.A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Bonneville International Corp. was within its rights to fire the longtime Kings announcer after he responded to former NBA player DeMarcus Cousins with an “All Lives Matter” message during the nationwide protests following George Floyd’s death.Napear wrote: “ALL LIVES MATTER … EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!” NBAE via Getty ImagesNapea